Golden Gate Quarry and the sand pits
Golden Gate Quarry, a crushed-stone operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, lies 9.8 miles north-east of Lely Resort. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that hauls rock out of there may well be parked near the pit when you call us. Give us the yard or gate address and the name of whoever holds the key, and we will arrange collection where it stands.
846 Mine LLC, a sand and gravel operation, is listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration 14.6 miles north-east. Trucks on that run often spend weekdays out east rather than at home in Lely Resort. Photograph the bed, the tailgate, the cab and the VIN plate wherever the truck sits, and send those pictures with the registration so we can match the paperwork to the vehicle.
Eighty-one intrastate carriers near Lely
Of those 89 carriers, FMCSA’s census shows 81 working intrastate, 8 crossing state lines and 32 running private fleets for their own goods. A private-fleet truck is often titled to the business rather than to a person, so check whose name is on the Florida title before you contact us, and have someone who can sign for the company available.
The three biggest local operators, by FMCSA registration, field 11, 4 and 3 power units, with 7, 1 and 3 drivers. Owner-operators and small outfits make up the rest. If you are selling one truck out of a small fleet, tell us which unit it is and send its own title and registration, not the paperwork for the whole operation.
Reefers, lowboys and dry vans
General freight is the most common cargo listed, at 37 carriers on the FMCSA census, with fresh produce at 8, machinery and large objects at 7, and refrigerated food at 6. A reefer truck or trailer unit has its own paperwork: keep the refrigeration unit’s service records with the truck’s title so both arrive together.
Lowboys and flatbeds that move large equipment are counted under the machinery heading. If yours carries a removable gooseneck or ramps, photograph them attached and detached, and list which pieces go with the sale so nothing is left out at pickup.
Short local runs from Lely Resort
FMCSA’s carrier census puts the median at 19,000 miles a year per truck, across the 11 local carriers that file mileage. Drivers counted within a 100-mile radius number 90, against 51 working beyond it, on that same federal census. A clear shot of the dash with the odometer showing, plus the VIN, is the right place to start the conversation.
New registrations show 6 carriers added in 2025 and 1 in 2024, according to FMCSA’s records. A truck bought into a new operation may still carry a lien from its financing; if so, have the lender’s name and payoff contact ready so the title can be released when we buy it.
Contractors, local jobs and Collier ranches
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 65 construction establishments, while LEHD job counts put 1,266 jobs in Lely Resort in 2023. Contractors here run dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies; if yours is lettered with a business name, it still sells the same way, so long as the title holder signs.
According to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, Collier County has 330 farms, with cattle, horses and honey as the top listings. Livestock haulers and stock trailers on these properties are often kept on a ranch rather than a paved yard. Describe the access to the truck on the property, and name a contact on site who can let the driver in.
The questions we get asked in Lely Resort
- Can you pick up a dump truck that stays at the Golden Gate Quarry site?Golden Gate Quarry is 9.8 miles north-east of Lely Resort by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s location, and we collect from there. Share the quarry-side location and who can let our driver through.
- Whose signature goes on a private-fleet truck’s title?Of the 89 carriers FMCSA lists here, 32 run private fleets, and those trucks are usually titled to the business. Whoever is authorised to sign for that business signs the title, and we need their name and contact.
- What goes with a produce reefer when I sell it?FMCSA’s census lists 8 carriers here hauling fresh produce and 6 hauling refrigerated food, and a reefer truck comes with two sets of records. Send the title, registration, the refrigeration unit’s service history and photos of the unit, the cab and the VIN plate.